NATO’s newest member Sweden is mobilizing in the Arctic as the possibility of a Russian invasion of NATO’s sub-Arctic becomes more real. Almost every Swedish citizen turning 18 has to apply for military conscription and this brigade is the fastest growing in the Swedish army. In the event of Moscow invading from the Kola Peninsula into Finland, these troops in northern Sweden would be some of the first to join in defense.

WSJ goes inside the Swedish army’s most grueling unit in the country’s high north as a geopolitical battle surges in the Arctic.

Chapters:
0:00 Training in the Arctic
0:47 Swedish vulnerability
1:57 How troops are training
3:56 Importance of the Arctic
4:54 What the U.S. could learn

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